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Athens-Clarke Police Blotter

Employees of University Ford Lincoln Mercury on Atlanta Highway told police Friday that a man had failed to return a vehicle that he had taken on a test drive.

The missing vehicle, which was taken off the lot April 26, is a white, 1999 Ford Taurus bearing a University Motors drive-out tag, according to an Athens-Clarke police report. The case is still under investigation.

Fire damages home on College Circle

The Athens-Clarke County Fire Department responded to a call of a structure fire Saturday afternoon at a 416 College Circle residence.

The fire started in an electrical panel in the house's utility room and burned up the wall and into the attic, causing heavy fire damage in one end of the house, according to the fire department's shift commander. There were no injuries in the fire.